OF MICE AND MEN CHAPTER 1 SUMMARY DONE
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- ENGLISH LIT OF MICE AND MEN CHAPTER 1
- IMAGERY - used to set the scene
- GEORGE
- a father figure to Lennie
- "don't drink so much"
- Lennie doesn't know when to stop so George has to tell him and look after him
- "you gonna be sick"
- doesn't understand the consequence- he is unaware ans he's still in the mind of a child - innocence
- "good boy"
- rewards him for doing simple things
- "don't drink so much"
- has authority within the friendship
- "walked in single file"
- George has authority over Lennie as he is still in the mind of a child and can't look after himself
- links to theme of relationships
- During the great depression people would travel around together to save money just like George and Lennie
- George has authority over Lennie as he is still in the mind of a child and can't look after himself
- "one stayed behind the other"
- George has authority over Lennie as he is still in the mind of a child and can't look after himself
- links to theme of relationships
- During the great depression people would travel around together to save money just like George and Lennie
- George has authority over Lennie as he is still in the mind of a child and can't look after himself
- "walked in single file"
- a father figure to Lennie
- LENNIE
- In the mind of a child - unaware
- "Lennie's face broke into a delighted smile"
- He's just a kid really and is unaware of his immaturity
- "an elaborate pantomime of innocence"
- "innocence" doesn't mean any harm
- "Lennie's face broke into a delighted smile"
- In the mind of a child - unaware
- Writers Techniques
- use of adverbs ( -ly)
- "morosely"
- this suggests George is sad, lonely and isolated
- "sharply"
- this suggests George is frustrated almost trapped by his dreams
- George wants to achieve his dream but with Lennie in the way he can't. This links to the american dream
- this suggests George is frustrated almost trapped by his dreams
- "imperiously"
- He looks after Lennie - superior
- "morosely"
- Animal imagery
- "like a terrier"
- Like Lennie animals are innocent but are also capable of being very dagerous
- "the way a bear drags his paws"
- Lennie is compared to a bear which can be dangerous
- "Lennie's whimpering cry"
- "like a terrier"
- use of adverbs ( -ly)
- The American Dream
- both Lennie and George share the same dream throughout the novel which is to "live off the fatta the lan'"
- OMAM is set in california which was known as the Golden State where the american dream came true
- "we're gonna have a little house"
- "a couple of acres"
- both Lennie and George share the same dream throughout the novel which is to "live off the fatta the lan'"
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